Through its research on adolescents and young people, the Population Council carries forward a global agenda to transform the lives of adolescents, especially girls. The agenda is more relevant than ever as adolescents face social, health, and economic challenges that have been further compounded by the Covid pandemic.
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Submissions from 2011
Situation assessment of the HIV response among young people in Zambia, Sam Kalibala and Drosin Mulenga
Siyakha Nentsha: Building economic, health, and social capabilities among highly vulnerable adolescents in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Kelly Hallman and Eva Roca
Summary of New Lessons: The Power of Educating Adolescent Girls, Cynthia B. Lloyd
Supporting married girls: Calling attention to a neglected group, K.G. Santhya and Annabel Erulkar
Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE) 2009—Final Report, Population Council
Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE) 2009—Final Report [Arabic], Population Council
Taking programs for vulnerable adolescents to scale: Experiences, insights, and evidence, Martha Brady
Ten years of the Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Project: What has happened?, Humphres Evelia, Monica Wanjiru, Francis Obare, and Harriet Birungi
The Population Council's approach: Promoting healthy, safe, and productive transitions to adulthood, Population Council
Timing of first sex before marriage and its correlates: Evidence from India, K.G. Santhya, Rajib Acharya, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, and Usha Ram
Un seul programme : Activités pour une approche pédagogique unifiée de la sexualité, du genre, du VIH et des droits humains, International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
Un seul programme : Guide pour une approche pédagogique unifiée de la sexualité, du genre, du VIH et des droits humains, International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
Un sólo currículo: Actividades para un enfoque integrado hacia la educación en sexualidad, género, VIH y derechoshumanos, International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
Un sólo currículo: Pautas para un enfoque integrado hacia la educación en sexualidad, género, VIH y derechoshumanos, International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people, Adam Weiner
Using youth-friendly communication approaches to communicate HIV/AIDS with young people is feasible and acceptable, Population Council
When girls' lives matter: Ending forced and early marriage in Cameroon, Sajeda Amin and Andrea Lynch
Young Women: Your Future, Your Money—Workbook for Girls Ages 10–14 in Kenya, Population Council and Microfinance Opportunities
Young Women: Your Future, Your Money—Workbook for Girls Ages 10–14 in Uganda, Population Council and Microfinance Opportunities
Young Women: Your Future, Your Money—Workbook for Girls Ages 15–19 in Kenya, Population Council and Microfinance Opportunities
Young Women: Your Future, Your Money—Workbook for Girls Ages 15–19 in Uganda, Population Council and Microfinance Opportunities
Submissions from 2010
Abortion experiences of unmarried young women in India: Evidence from a facility-based study in Bihar and Jharkhand, Shveta Kalyanwala, Francis A.J. Zavier, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, and Rajesh Kumar
Association between adolescent marriage and marital violence among young adult women in India, Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Danielle Lawrence, Donta Balaiah, and Jay G. Silverman
Associations between early marriage and young women's marital and reproductive health outcomes: Evidence from India, K.G. Santhya, Usha Ram, Rajib Acharya, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Faujdar Ram, and Abhishek Singh
Building programs to address child marriage: The Berhane Hewan experience in Ethiopia, Eunice N. Muthengi and Annabel Erulkar
Community based reproductive health (RH) intervention resulted in increasing age at marriage: The case of Berhane Hewan Project, in East Gojam zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia, Tekle-Ab Mekbib and Mitike Molla
Community interventions supporting children affected by HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A review to derive evidence-based principles for programming, Katie D. Schenk and Annie P. Michaelis
Education and transition to work among youth in Andhra Pradesh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Ensuring education for all in India: Highlighting the obstacles, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Ethiopia young adult survey: A study in seven regions, Annabel Erulkar, Abebaw Ferede, Worku Ambelu, Woldemariam Girma, Helen Amdemikael, Behailu GebreMedhin, Berhanu Legesse, Ayehualem Tameru, and Messay Teferi
Films and TV: Viewing patterns and influence on behaviours of college students, Akhila Vasan
Girl-Centered Program Design: A Toolkit to Develop, Strengthen and Expand Adolescent Girls Programs, Karen Austrian and Dennitah Ghati
Implementing programs for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in resource-constrained settings: Horizon studies, 1999–2007, Carolyn Baek and Naomi Rutenberg
Improving the lives of vulnerable children: Implications of Horizons research among orphans and other children affected by AIDS, Katie D. Schenk, Annie P. Michaelis, Tobey Nelson Sapiano, Lisanne Brown, and Ellen Weiss
Kishor-kishorider jonno ortho sikkha: Dishari shohayika [Financial education for adolescents: Mentor's manual], Sigma Ainul, Marzina Khatun, and Najneen Mahbooba
Kishor-kishorider jonno ortho sikkha [Financial education for adolescents], Sigma Ainul, Marzina Khatun, and Najneen Mahbooba
Kishor-kishorider jonno ortho sikkha: Shikkhok shahayika [Financial education for adolescents: Teacher's manual], Sigma Ainul, Marzina Khatun, and Najneen Mahbooba
L'adolescence des filles au Burkina Faso: Une clé de voûte pour le changement social, Martha Brady, Lydia Saloucou, and Erica Chong
Life-skills education leads to improved effect on adolescents' sexual behavior, Population Council
Life skills: Psychosocial and interpersonal skills for adolescent girls in urban Ghana—Mentor's guide, Population Council
Looking back, moving forward: Access to antiretroviral therapy for HIV infected adults and children in developing countries: Horizons Studies, 2002 to 2008, Avina Sarna and Scott E. Kellerman
Looking back, moving forward: Improving the lives of orphans and other children affected by AIDS, Horizons studies 1998 to 2007, Katie D. Schenk, Annie P. Michaelis, Tobey C. Nelson, Lisanne Brown, and Ellen Weiss
Measuring agency among unmarried young women and men, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Rajib Acharya, Mallika Alexander, Laila Garda, and Savita Kanade
Meserete Hiwot ("Base of Life"): Supporting married adolescents with HIV prevention and reproductive health in rural Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar, Aragaw Lamesgin, and Eunice N. Muthengi
Participation in civil society and political life among young people in Maharashtra: Findings from the Youth in India—Situation and Needs study, Rajib Acharya, Abhishek Singh, K.G. Santhya, Faujdar Ram, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Usha Ram, and S.K. Mohanty
Poverty, marriage timing, and transitions to adulthood in Nepal: A longitudinal analysis using the Nepal Living Standards Survey, Ashish Bajracharya and Sajeda Amin
Protecting hope: Situation analysis of vulnerable children in Uganda 2009, Sam Kalibala and Lynne Elson
Romance and sex before marriage among young women and men in Andhra Pradesh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Romance and sex before marriage among young women and men in India, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Schooling and conflict in Darfur: A snapshot of basic education services for displaced children, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Safaa El-Kogali, Jenny Perlman Robinson, Johanna Rankin, and Ali Rashed
Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE) 2009—Preliminary Report, Population Council
The adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people—Egypt 2008, Population Council
The adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people—Ghana 2008, Population Council
The adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people—Kenya 2008–09, Population Council
The adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people—Nigeria 2008, Population Council
The adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people—Sierra Leone 2008, Population Council
The causes of educational differences in fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa, John Bongaarts
The causes of educational differences in fertility in sub-Saharan Africa, John Bongaarts
The effect of domestic work on girls' schooling: Evidence from Egypt, Ragui Assaad, Deborah Levison, and Nadia Zibani
The effect of maternal child marriage on morbidity and mortality of children under 5 in India: Cross sectional study of a nationally representative sample, Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Michael Winter, Alan Labonte, Michele R. Decker, Donta Balaiah, and Jay G. Silverman
The limited effect of knowing they are HIV-positive on the sexual and reproductive experiences and intentions of infected adolescents in Uganda, Francis Obare Onyango and Harriet Birungi
The nature of mothers' work and children's schooling in Nepal: The influence of income and time effects, Ashish Bajracharya
Transition into first sex among adolescents in slum and non-slum communities in Nairobi, Kenya, Caroline W. Kabiru, Donatien Beguy, Chi-Chi Undie, Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu, and Alex C. Ezeh
Transition to marriage and parenthood among youth in Andhra Pradesh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Transition to marriage and parenthood among youth in India, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Transition to work roles among youth in India, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Understanding adolescent girls' protection strategies against HIV: An exploratory study in urban Lusaka, Joseph Simbaya, Martha Brady, Allison Stone, and Maya Vaughan-Smith
White paper: Enhancing adolescent financial capabilities through financial education in Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin, Laila Rahman, Sigma Ainul, Ubaidur Rob, Bushra Zaman, and Rinat Akter
Youth in India: Situation and Needs 2006–2007, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Youth in India: Situation and Needs 2006-2007, Andhra Pradesh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Youth in India: Situation and Needs 2006-2007—Executive summary, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Youth in India: Situation and Needs 2006-2007—Executive summary, Andhra Pradesh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Youth participation in civil society and political life in Andhra Pradesh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Youth participation in civil society and political life in India, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Submissions from 2009
Abriendo Oportunidades ("Opening Opportunities"), Population Council
Adolescent girls, Population Council
Adolescent girls in urban Ethiopia: Vulnerability and opportunity, Abebaw Ferede and Annabel Erulkar
Adolescent girls programming and capacity-building workshop, Nairobi, Kenya, November 10-14, 2008: Workshop report, Population Council
BEING (Becoming Empowered in Nursing Growth): Training guide for nursing students on sexuality and gender, Maryann Washington
Broadening girls' horizons: Effects of life skills education programme in rural Uttar Pradesh, Rajib Acharya, Shveta Kalyanwala, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, and Vinita Nathani
Cartographie sociale des espaces de rencontres des adolescentes mariées ou non dans la zone d'intervention du projet, Gisele Kaboré, Abdoulaye Semde, and Lanko Some
Community interventions providing care and support to orphans and vulnerable children: A review of evaluation evidence, Katie D. Schenk
Directory of programs for rural girls in Ethiopia, Elshaday Kifle, Mekuria Yilma, and Emil Parker
Educational inequalities in the midst of persistent poverty: Diversity across Africa in educational outcomes, Cynthia B. Lloyd and Paul C. Hewett
Educational inequalities in the midst of persistent poverty: Diversity across Africa in educational outcomes, Cynthia B. Lloyd and Paul C. Hewett
Education and transition to work among youth in Tamil Nadu, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Ensuring education for all in Bihar: Highlighting the obstacles, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Ensuring education for all in Jharkhand: Highlighting the obstacles, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Ensuring education for all in Rajasthan: Highlighting the obstacles, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Étude approfondie sur les adolescents : Exploiter les données pour identifier et atteindre les jeunes les plus vulnérables—Bénin 2006, Population Council
Étude approfondie sur les adolescents : Exploiter les données pour identifier et atteindre les jeunes les plus vulnérables—Burkina Faso 2003, Population Council
Étude approfondie sur les adolescents : Exploiter les données pour identifier et atteindre les jeunes les plus vulnérables—Niger 2006, Population Council
Etude quantitative sur le mariage précoce et le vécu des adolescentes dans la zone d'intervention du projet: Etat des lieux et perspectives, Gisele Kaboré, Rene Dala, and Aristide R. Bado
Evaluation of Berhane Hewan: A program to delay child marriage in rural Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar and Eunice N. Muthengi
Exploring the lives of youth in the BPO sector: Findings from a study in Gurgaon, Monisha Vaid
Formative evaluation: Presidential Initiative on AIDS Strategy for Communication to Youth, Netsayi N. Mudege and Chi-Chi Undie
Hazards and gender in children's work: An Egyptian perspective, Nadia Zibani
HIV and children, Population Council